(OPEN ACCSESS) Tödt I, Al-Fatly B, Granert O, Kühn AA, Krack P, Rau J, Timmermann L, Schnitzler A, Paschen S, Helmers AK, Hartmann A, Bardinet E, Schuepbach M, Barbe MT, Dembek TA, Fraix V, Kübler D, Brefel-Courbon C, Gharabaghi A, …
Haarmann L, Kalbe E, Lewis CJ, Eggers C, Kühn AA, Krug H, Volkmann J, Kirsch AD, Wojtecki L, Schnitzler A, Deuschl G, Krauss JK, Woopen C, Timmermann L, Maier F. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2022 Apr 28;99:8-15. SUMMARY To assess motor …
(OPEN ACCESS) Raoul S, Brissot R, Lefaucheur JP, Nguyen JM, Rouaud T, Meas Y, Huchet A, Razafimahefa N, Damier P, Nizard J, Nguyen JP. J Clin Med. 2022 May 10;11(10):2680. SUMMARY The authors admit that the surgical procedure of DBS …
COMMENTS: This paper is free to download and is recommended to read by anybody interested in the many similarities between obstetrics and psychiatric DBS.
SUMMARY: The Norwegian physician Carl Wilhelm Sem-Jacobsen (1912-1991) was a pioneer in deep brain stimulation and aerospace neurophysiology, During WW2 he collaborated with a renowned military underground resistance group against the Nazi occupants, then had to flee to neutral Sweden. …
SUMMARY: Everybody says “Tourette” syndrome but the family name of the man is Gilles de la Tourette!!! Although we admit that his full name “Georges Albert Edouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette” is certainly too long and should be simplified, …
SUMMARY: Judith Balkányi-Lepintre was the first woman neurosurgeon in France, the first woman war neurosurgeon for the French Army, and the first woman pediatric neurosurgeon in France. Born in 1912 to a Hungarian Jewish family, she graduated with honors from …
SUMMARY: 18 patients underwent LITT anterior capsulotomy. Median follow-up was 6 months. Time occupied by obsessions improved immediately. Mean (±SD) decrease in Y-BOCS score at last follow-up was 46%±32%. 61% of patients were responders. 7 patients (39%) exhibited transient postoperative …
SUMMARY: 10 patients underwent LITT of the ventral anterio limb of the internal capsule for severe OCD; 7 patients were considered full responders (YBOCS change ≥35%). Adverse effects included transient apathy/amotivation (2 patients). One patient had a small tract haemorrhage …
SUMMARY: MRgFUS thalamotomy of the ventro-oral (Vo) nucleus in 10 patients with FHD. Evaluation: scores of the Writer’s Cramp Rating Scale (WCRS, 0–30; higher scores indicating greater severity), Tubiana Musician’s Dystonia Scale (TMDS, 0–5; lower scores indicating greater severity), and …